RE: Question about UDB on iSeries

Most iSeries shops do not have the need for special utilities. OS
tools/commands, such as Reorganize Physical File Member (RGZPFM) to
compress out deleted records, is about all people use. Smarter folks
than I can tell you why you don't need all those tools - I just know
you don't need them.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Question about UDB on iSeries
> From: "McKown, John" <john.mckown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, November 30, 2004 9:05 am
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Please keep in mind that I know **ZERO** about the iSeries and UDB. We are 
> considering a conversion from z/OS on zSeries to i5OS on iSeries. The company 
> doing the presentation basically said that everything that we need, with a 
> few exceptions, is integrated into the i5OS on the iSeries. In particular UBD 
> is integrated (so we don't need to buy it). But I was wondering if any 
> iSeries people out there have an opinion about the lack of requirement for 
> any extra software to support UDB on iSeries. Such as performance monitors, 
> reorganization utilities, anything at all? I'm confused (as usual) about why 
> UDB on iSeries does not require any such software while it appears, to me, 
> that DB2 on z/OS really requires a lot of extra cost software. This is the 
> whole reason that we are considering this conversion. z/OS simply requires 
> too much extra cost software compared to other platforms.
> 
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